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Recent Examples of wrecker
The story of its existence—never safe from the wrecker’s ball and once, in 1997, devastated by a fire so hot the tiles fell off—begins with railroad baron Cornelius Vanderbilt opening Grand Central Terminal in 1913, putting the Oyster Bar in its belly.
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John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Then the skit begins to outline the story of Domingo, Marcello Hernandez’s charming home wrecker who shows up to set to record straight direct from Domingo.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
Crosby is a game wrecker, and Havenstein and Alaric Jackson will have to be at their best to keep him from getting to Stafford at SoFi Stadium.
—Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 20 Oct. 2024
The vehicle sustained major damage and had to be removed by a wrecker.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2024
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John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Then the skit begins to outline the story of Domingo, Marcello Hernandez’s charming home wrecker who shows up to set to record straight direct from Domingo.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
Crosby is a game wrecker, and Havenstein and Alaric Jackson will have to be at their best to keep him from getting to Stafford at SoFi Stadium.
—Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 20 Oct. 2024
The vehicle sustained major damage and had to be removed by a wrecker.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrecker
Noun
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Before the computer age, saboteurs had trouble calibrating and controlling the effects of their actions.—
Thomas Rid,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2013
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The deployment of roughly 10 NATO vessels under the Baltic Sentry mission is intended to deter acts of sabotage and enhance the likelihood of quickly intercepting any saboteurs, YLE reported.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
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Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
24 Oct. 2024
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Last Thursday, the Australian military announced that three Chinese naval ships, including the Type 055 destroyer CNS Zunyi, the Type 054A frigate CNS Hengyang, and the Type 903 replenishment vessel CNS Weishanhu, were in the Coral Sea northeast of Australia.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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Accidents involving the huge ships and commercial vessels are rare as the carriers usually travel with a strike group, protected by a screen of destroyers.—
Natasha Bertrand,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Wrecker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrecker. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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